The Only Use of
trifle
in
The Hobbit
- Indeed he was really relieved after all to think that they had all gone without him, and without bothering to wake him up ("but with never a thank-you" he thought); and yet in a way he could not help feeling just a trifle disappointed.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(trifle as in: a trifling matter) something of small importance; or a small quantity